# Architecture of Plymouth, Pennsylvania
## Introduction

Plymouth, Pennsylvania sits on the west side of Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley, wedged between the Susquehanna River and the Shawnee Mountain range. Just below the mountain are hills that surround the town and form a natural amphitheater that separates the town from the rest of the valley. Below the hills, the flat lands are formed in the shape of a frying pan, the pan being the Shawnee flats, once the center of the town's agricultural activities, and the handle being a spit of narrow land extending east from the flats, where the center of town is located.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Plymouth's primary industry was agriculture, and many of its residents were the descendants of the Connecticut Yankees who first settled the town. Its early architecture resembled that of a small New England village. However, vast anthracite coal beds lay below the surface at various depths, and by the 1850s, coal mining was the town's primary occupation, attracting a more diverse population. After the arrival of the railroad in 1857, the town's architecture became more typical of a growing industrial center.

## Notable buildings (1780–1860)

| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Morse Tavern (a.k.a. Jenkins House) | | 1873 Photo | East Main St. across from Elm Street | Built c. 1780 | Demolished | Residence/Tavern of Dr. Anna Morse Partly Demolished December 1882. 'Old Jenkins House' moved in March 1883. House Demolished 1883–1884. Elm tree cut down September 1895. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Old Stone House | | Undated Photo | West Main St. below Coal St. | Built c. 1780 | Extant | Methodist congregation met there in 1792. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Ransom House | | 1873 Photo | West Main St. near Coal Street | Built c. 1800 | Demolished after 1873 | An example of New England domestic architecture brought to Plymouth by Connecticut settlers. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Wadhams Homestead | | 1864 Map 1873 Photo 2007 Photo | Academy St., near Shawnee Avenue | Built c. 1810 | Extant, but much altered | 1864: On Schooley Map as "Wadhams Homestead" 1873: On Beers Map as "Wadhams Homestead" 1915: "although it has been changed in appearance and altered to suit the requirements of tenants, [it] is apparently in as good condition as ever." |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| The Old Academy | | 1873 Photo Photo About 1875 | West Main St., at Academy Street | Built 1815 | Converted to Tenements by 1896. Demolished c. 1955 | 1815: Built with funds, and on land, provided by Calvin Wadhams. School use lower floor & Church use upper floor 1873: Both upper & lower floors assigned for School use 1884: Plymouth Borough gave the Old Academy to the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., in trade for the land at Shawnee Avenue on which the First High School (Central School) was built in 1884. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Joseph Wright House | | 1873 Photo 1937 Photo | West Main St., below Coal Street | Built c. 1815 | Demolished | Joseph Wright was the father of Hendrick Bradley Wright. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Henderson Gaylord House | | 1873 Photo 1935 Photo 2007 Photo | 135 West Main Street near Wadhams Street | Built c. 1830 | Extant but altered | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Jameson Harvey House | | 1864 Painting 1938 Photo | McDonald St. near West Nanticoke, PA | Built 1832 | Extant but altered | Barn (now a residence) sits across the street |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Elijah C. Wadhams House (a.k.a. Parrish House Hotel) | | 1864 Map 1884 Aerial Map 1873 Photo | Main Street east of Academy Street | Built c. 1852. | Demolished | 1852: Built by _____ Bennett 1873: Sold by E.C. Wadhams 1875: Converted to a hotel by A.M. Jeffords. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Methodist Church (First Church Building) | | Photo 1856—1876 | Main Street across from Academy Street | Dedicated October 8, 1856. | Dismantled and relocated in 1876–1877 | Dismantled and rebuilt at Forty Fort, PA, and rededicated 1877, but destroyed by fire June 2, 1900. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Christian Church | | Photo about 1904 Photo 2009 | Main Street near Center Avenue | Dedicated August 1857. | Extant (as of 2022) | 1857: building attributed to Thomas U. Walter, Architect 1888: alterations to entrance portico 1905: rededicated with new facade and added steeple |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Derby's Foundry | | Photo 1920 | West Railroad St., near Hanover St. | Built 1860 | Demolished | 1860: Built by John F. Derby as a foundry 1870: Converted to a planing mill and lumber yard 1873: On Beers Map as "Harvey Bros. & Kern" 1912: On Sanborn Map as "West Lumber & Mfgr" 1925: On Sanborn Map as "Plymouth Lumber Co" |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |

## Notable buildings (1861–1880)

| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First National Bank (First Building) | | Photo c. 1875 Photo About 1904 | Main Street below Gaylord Avenue | Built c. 1865 | Replaced by New Building in 1915 | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First Presbyterian Church | | 1910 Postcard 1910 Postcard | Church Street | Foundation 1866 Dedicated June 13, 1868 | Demolished | Masonry Entrance and Steeple added between 1884–1891 Architect of Sunday School Annex (Built 1896): Harry Livingston French. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First Welsh Baptist Church (First Church Building) | | 1873 Map | Girard Avenue at Ashley Street | Built 1870 | Destroyed by fire in 1875. | Brick structure designed by Welsh-born, Wilkes-Barre architect Aneurin Jones (1822–1904). The Congregation relocated to Shawnee Avenue after 1875 fire |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Smith Opera House | | 1873 Photo 1884 Sketch 1918 Photo | West Main Street | Built 1871 | Collapsed During Renovation in 1918 | Replaced by Polish Alliance Hall in 1928 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Willow St School (First School Building) | | 1873 Map 1884 Aerial Map | Willow Street | Land purchased 1870. Built 1872. | Demolished April 1892 after mine subsidence. | Replaced by new school building in 1892 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Franklin Street School | | 1884 Aerial Map 1920 Photo | Franklin Street | Built 1872. | Extant | Enlarged in 1900 by architect Harry Livingston French. Sold by School Board 1978. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Vincent's R.C. Church (First Church Building) | | Photo c. 1883 1884 Aerial Map | Church Street | Dedicated October 1872. | Demolished March 1922. | Became a school building about 1883 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First Primitive Methodist Church | | 1909 Photo | Church Street at Cherry Street | Dedicated May 11, 1873. | Extant (2021) | Altered and elevated June 1887. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Shawnee Cemetery | | 1908 Photo | Mountain Road | Established September 5, 1873. | Extant | An example of landscape design. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Welsh Presbyterian Church (aka Gaylord Ave Presbyterian Church) | | 1873 Photo 1884 Aerial Map | 115 Gaylord Avenue | Dedicated December 1873. | Since 1994 Home of Plymouth Historical Society | Congregation was chartered June 1868 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Welsh Hill Cemetery (St. Vincent's Cemetery) | | | Cemetery Street at Barney Street | Dedicated 1874. | Abandoned. | Graves relocated to new cemetery in 1911. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First Water Dam (Coal Creek No. 1 Reservoir) | | | Coal Creek | Built 1876. | Demolished | James H. Brown, engineer; Coon Brothers, builder. The dam was 80 feet long and 15 feet deep |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Second Water Dam (Coal Creek No. 2 Reservoir) | | | Coal Creek | Built 1876. | Demolished | James H. Brown, engineer; Coon Brothers, builder. The dam was 110 feet long and 20 feet deep |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First Welsh Baptist Church (Second Church Building) | | 1884 Aerial Map | West Shawnee Avenue at Girard Avenue | Built 1876. | Extant | Sunday School Annex Added in 1916. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Methodist Church (Second Church Building) | | Photo August 1877 Photo c. 1890 1902 Map | West Main Street across from Academy Street | Built 1876–1877; dedicated January 9, 1878. | Extant | Architect: Charles Vandergrift. Photo by E.W. Beckwith illustrates the church nearing completion during labor strife of 1877 when troops were stationed in Plymouth. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Third Water Dam (Coal Creek No. 3 Reservoir) | | | Coal Creek | Built 1878. | Demolished | James H. Brown, engineer; Coon Brothers, builder: Coon Brothers. The dam was 130 feet long and 25 feet deep. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Fourth Water Dam (Coal Creek No. 4 Reservoir) | | | Coal Creek | Built About 1879. | Demolished | James H. Brown, engineer; Coon Brothers, builder. The dam was 330 feet long and 12 feet deep. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Vine Street School (First School Building) | | 1884 Aerial Map 1896 photo | Vine Street | Built 1880 | Demolished 1927 | Builder: Plymouth Planing Mill. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |

## Notable buildings (1881–1900)

| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Stephen's Convent | | 1904 Photo | West Main Street at Wadhams Street | Built c. 1881 (between 1879–1884) | Extant (2021) | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| German Reformed Church | | 1884 Aerial Map | Willow Street | Dedicated November 5, 1882. | Extant (2022) | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Franklin Street Primitive Methodist Church (First Church Building) | | 1884 Aerial Map 1884 Aerial Map | Franklin Street at Mill Street | Dedicated January 28, 1883. | Destroyed by fire on March 2, 1913. | Formerly the Presbyterian Church of Kingston, built in 1842 and moved to Plymouth in 1882. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| John J. Shonk House | | 2017 Photo Photo about 1900 | East Main Street at Vine Street | Completed December 1883. | Extant | Front porch modified between 1912 and 1925. The sprinter Ben Johnson lived in this house from 1929–1933 when it was owned by Shonk's daughter Clara McAlarney. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Peter's Episcopal Church (First Church Building) | | 1884 Aerial Map | Academy St, between Ashley St and West Main St | 1879–1884 | Replaced by new church in 1893 | Formerly "Old Schoolhouse" on Main St., but was relocated and enlarged (after 1879 but before 1884). |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First High School | | 1904 Postcard 1904 Photo | Shawnee Avenue | Built 1884 | Destroyed by fire in 1905 | Architect: Frederick J. Amsden. Builder: Samuel Livingston French, Plymouth Planing Mill |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Mary's R.C. Church (First Church Building and Second School Building) | | 1891 Map | Willow Street. | Completed c. 1885 | Demolished c. 1950 and replaced with new school building in 1951. | Wood frame building. After the dedication of The second church building in 1905, the first church building was converted to a schoolhouse. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Mary's R.C. School (First School Building) | | 1891 Map | Willow Street | Completed c. 1885 | Demolished | Wood frame building. Converted to a dwelling c. 1907. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Hose Co. No. 2 (First Firehouse) | | | Davenport Street at Shawnee Avenue | Built c. 1886 | | Replaced in 1898 by Second Firehouse on West Main Street. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Vincent's R.C. Church (Second Church Building) | | Postcard c. 1910 Photo 2017 | Church St. | Cornerstone laid September 1882. Dedicated September 1887. | Extant but unused since 2006. | Architect: Frederick J. Amsden, Scranton, PA. Builder: J. Nelson, Scranton, PA. Murals: Ferdinand Baraldi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Pioneer Knitting Mills | | 1896 Map Lithograph c. 1898 Postcard c. 1910 | Shawnee Avenue East of Downing Street | Established 1890. East Wing added 1897 | Demolished after 1940 Basement level remains in use | Proprietor: Ambrose West |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Pilgrim Congregational Church | | | Center Avenue at Shawnee Avenue | Built after 1873 and by 1891. | Extant (2022) | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| No. 3 Fire Company (First Fire House) | | Photo c. 1890 | Vine Street | Built by 1891. | | Converted to a residence after 1907. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Wyoming Valley Knitting Mills | | 1896 Map 1897 Portrait | Shawnee Avenue Between Downing and Academy Streets | Established 1891 | Demolished after 1925 | Proprietor: Thomas West |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Casimir's (Lithuanian) R.C. Church (First Church Building) | | Photo c. 1899 | Chestnut Street | Dedicated January 1891. | Destroyed by fire January 1902 | Builder: Grant White. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Ebenezer English Baptist Church | | | Gaylord Avenue at Ashley Street | Dedicated October 18, 1891. | Extant | Congregation was chartered on June 11, 1888. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Town Hall (Gaylord Avenue) | | Photo c. 1900 1918 Photo | Gaylord Avenue | Built 1891. | Sold for $2,500 in 1943 then demolished in 1944. | Architect: Frederick J. Amsden, Scranton, PA. Builder: Joseph W. Campbell, and/or Charles C. Ransom. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth Armory (PA National Guard) | | 1898 Photo (During Spanish–American War) | Gaylord Avenue | Built 1891 | Demolished | Architect: Kipp & Podmore, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Builder: Charles C. Ransom. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Willow Street School (Second School Building) | | 1896 Map 1920 photo | Willow Street | Built 1892 | Demolished October 1972. | Architect: Frederick J. Amsden. Builder: J.W. Campbell, Plymouth, PA Abandoned as school in 1959. Re-opened as Youth Center in 1963. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| DL&W RR Passenger Depot | | 1896 Map Postcard c. 1910 | West Main Street | Completed August 1893. | Demolished after 1949 | Note: Passenger service ended November 15, 1949. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Second Church Building) | | Postcard c. 1910 | Academy Street at Ashley Street | Dedicated October 1893 | Demolished | Architect: Thomas Podmore. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Vincent's Rectory | | August 2017 Photo | Church Street at Eno Street | Completed December 1893 | Extant | Architect: Frederick J. Amsden. Builder: William O'Malley, Wilkes-Barre, PA. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Stephen's R.C. Church (First Church Building) | | 1894 Photo 1904 Photo | Girard Avenue | Cornerstone laid October 23, 1887. Dedicated November 29, 1894. | Demolished 1953 | Architect: Frederick J. Amsden. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Carey Avenue Bridge (First Bridge) | | 1904 Photo 1904 Photo | | Built 1895. | Demolished in 1948 and Reused at Retreat Hospital, Newport Twp., PA. | Builder: Penn Bridge Co. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Stegmaier's Beer Depot | | | Rear of 130 West Main Street | After 1891 but before 1896 | Abandoned or demolished (2022) | Later became the Golden Quality Ice Cream factory |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Elm Congregational Church (First Church Building) | | Photo c. 1900 | East Main, opposite Elm Street | Cornerstone May 24, 1896. Dedicated September 27, 1896. | Destroyed by fire on January 15, 1916. | Built on site of old Morse Tavern. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Barn Hill School (aka Temperance Hill School) | | Photo c. 1930 | | Built 1898. | | Replaced 'Little Red Schoolhouse' on Temperance Hill Three-room schoolhouse; abandoned as school in 1936 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Hose Company No. 2 (Second Firehouse) | | | | Completed October 1898. | Extant with Added Wing | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Nottingham Street School | | | Nottingham Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets | Built 1898. | Extant (2022) but no longer a schoolhouse | Enlarged in 1910 Abandoned as school in 1957. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| SS Peter & Paul Greek Catholic Church (First Church Building) | | 1925 Photo | 20 Turner Street | Dedicated May 30, 1899. | Demolished | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. John the Baptist R.C. Church | | Photo c. 1910 | Nesbitt Street at 3rd Street (Larksville) | Dedicated May 31, 1899. | Extant | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Ambrose West House | | Postcard c. 1910 1906 Photo | Shawnee Avenue | Built 1899. | Town Hall from 1943–1974 Demolished May 1974. | Builder: Charles C. Ransom. Became Plymouth Town Hall in 1943 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Polish National Catholic Church (First Church Building) | | Postcard c. 1950 | Main Street near Vine Street | Under construction by November 1898; cornerstone dedicated on December 26, 1898. | Demolished 1990 | Clad in aluminum siding in 1956. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |

## Notable buildings (1901–1930)

| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Casimir's (Lithuanian) R.C. Church (Second Church Building) | | About 1910 | Chestnut Street | Dedicated April 1903. | Demolished in 1955 following mine subsidence. | Replaced by new church in Hanover Twp., PA, dedicated April 1957. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Mary's (Polish) R.C. Church (Second Church Building) | | Postcard about 1915 Postcard about 1940 | Willow St | Foundation built 1902; Dedicated May 30, 1905 | Extant but altered. | Damaged by fire February 1919. Re-opened September 1921. Architect: Harry A. Weise Brick bell tower added in 1984 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Vincent's Convent | | Postcard About 1915 | Church Street | Dedicated 1905 | Extant | Architect: Owen McGlynn Builder: Charles C. Ransom. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Second High School (aka Central High School) | | Postcard About 1910 | Shawnee Avenue | Built 1906 | Demolished About 1980 | Architect: Harry Livingston French Builder: Charles C. Ransom |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth National Bank | | Postcard About 1910 | East Main Street Between Eno St and Center Ave | Built 1907 | Facade destroyed in 1966 alteration | Architect: Harry Livingston French |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| No. 3 Fire Company | | | Vine Street | Dedicated May 26, 1908. | Extant | Builder: Charles C. Ransom |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| No. 1 Fire Company | | Postcard about 1910 | Gaylord Avenue | Dedicated December 1908. | Extant | Architect: Charles Wilson. Builder: J.D. Cooper |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Third High School | | Postcard About 1920. 2007 Photo | Main St. at Wadhams St. | Built 1913 Became the Junior High School after 1925 Became an elementary school after 1979 | Demolished 2014 | Architect: Alfred Freeman, New York, NY Addition built 1928, Ralph M. Herr, Architect. 13 Room Addition built 1937, Ralph M. Herr, Architect. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Harveys Creek Aqueduct | | | Components: 1) a 1-1/2 mile open channel leading from Pikes Creek Reservoir runs along the west side of Harveys Creek to 2) a 26" diameter pipeline, running down the hill to Harveys Creek and up the hill on the east side, feeding 3) a 2,700 foot-long reinforced concrete aqueduct on the hillside above Harveys Creek, terminating at 4) a short connecting pipeline, running into 5) a 3,400 foot-long, 9' x 7' tunnel, running beneath Shawnee Mountain, emptying into 6) a small collecting reservoir (known as the Jersey Reservoir), drained by 7) a 48" diameter pipeline, 1,300 feet-long, connecting to the distribution point at Coal Creek. | Built 1912–1913 | Partially Extant; Abandoned 2011 or earlier. | Engineer: J.H. Lance, Spring Brook Water Co. Builder: Frank Melvin Capacity: 50 million gallons per day |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Franklin Street Primitive Methodist Church (Second Church Building) | | 1971 Postcard | Franklin Street at Mill Street | Dedicated November 2, 1913 | Extant (2018) | Replaced First Church Building destroyed by fire in 1913. |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth–Breslau Bridge | | 1914 Photo 1915 Photo 1989 Photo | Opposite Gaylord Avenue | Completed 1914. | Demolished | Builder: Penn Bridge Co., Beaver Falls, PA, H.S. Battie, Engineer Bridge widened in 1945–1946 |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| First National Bank (Second Building) | | Postcard 1915 2009 Photo | West Main St. | Built 1915 | Extant | Architect: Harry Livingston French |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Elm Congregational Church (Second Church Building) | | 2009 Photo | East Main opposite Elm Street | Cornerstone May 12, 1917. | Extant | Builder: Samuel Reynolds. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Soldiers & Sailors Monument | | 1932 Photo 2007 Photo | West Main Street | Dedicated in 1920 | Extant but needing restoration | Sculptor: George Brewster |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Huber Stadium, Plymouth High School | | Postcard About 1940 | West Main Street | Dedicated May 15, 1920. | Replaced with new athletic fields about 2014 | Stadium walls were built around existing athletic fields from Sept 1935 to July 1936 with WPA labor. Architect: Ralph M. Herr. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Vincent's School (Second School Building) | | August 2017 Photo | Church St. | Built 1922 | Extant but converted to residential use | Architect: Emile G. Perrot, Philadelphia, PA. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Stephen's Parochial School | | | Wadhams Street | Begun June 1922 Dedicated September 3, 1923. | Demolished | Architect: Henry A. Weise Builder: Alaimo Brothers, Pittston, PA |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| B'nai Israel Synagogue | | 1924 Photo | Center Avenue near Church Street | Cornerstone October 5, 1924. | Extant | Architect: Henry A. Weise. Builder: Harry T. Perkins. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Fourth High School (aka Ward P. Davenport High School) | | 1932 Photo | West Main Street | Dedicated February 1925 | Demolished 1979. | Architect: Lewis Hancock Jr., Scranton, PA Builder: Herman Mailander |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Shawnee Movie Theater | | 1925 Photo | West Main Street | Grand Opening May 25, 1925 | Demolished | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Polish Alliance Hall | | August 2017 Photo | 404 West Main Street | Dedicated 1928 | Extant | Architect: Thomas A. Foster Contractor: M.L. Roth. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Vine Street School (Second School Building) | | 1928 Photo | Vine Street | Dedicated September 1928. | Extant (2021) but no longer a school. | Architect: Ralph M. Herr |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Comerford Mausoleum | | | St Vincent's Cemetery | Dedicated May 30, 1928. | Extant (2023). | |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Bell Telephone Building | | 1930 Photo | 37-39 Willow Street | Built 1930. | | Mechanized telephone switching station, which replaced human telephone operators based in Center Avenue office. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |

## Notable buildings (1931–1972)

| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth Post Office | | Postcard c. 1940 2017 Photo | West Main Street | Dedicated November 1935 | Extant. Addition completed February 1966. | Replaced post office at 127 West Main Street. Murals by Jared French |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Huber Stadium Walls, Plymouth High School | | Postcard c. 1940 | West Main Street | Walls completed 1936 | Demolished and replaced with new athletic fields about 2014 | Stadium walls were built around existing athletic fields from Sept 1935 to July 1936 with WPA labor. Architect: Ralph M. Herr. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Dr. George R. Drake Memorial Electric Scoreboard | | | In Huber Stadium | Dedicated September 1948. | Demolished | Paid for by the Plymouth Lettermen's Club |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Carey Avenue Bridge (Second Bridge) | | | | Dedicated September 20, 1948. | Demolished in 2002 and replaced by third bridge. | Builder: C. F. Goeringer |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Mary's Parochial School (Third School Building) | | | Willow Street | Dedicated September 9, 1951 | Extant | Architect: Michael J. Bochnik |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Ebenezer Baptist Church Educational Building | | | Girard Avenue | Dedicated June 8, 1952. | Extant | Architect: Michael J. Bochnik Builder: William Jenkins, Plymouth, PA |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| St. Stephen's Church (Second Church Building) | | | Wadhams Street | Dedicated July 3, 1955 | Extant | Architect: George Yundt, Allentown, PA. Builder: Anthony Grosek, Plains, PA. |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth National Guard Armory (Second Building) | | | 747 West Main Street | Dedicated September 22, 1962. | Extant | Architect: Price & Dickey, Architects, Media, PA Builder: Raymon R. Hedden & Co., Dallas, PA |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth Public Library | | | West Main Street | Completed February 1969 Dedicated May 17, 1970. | Extant | Architect: Michael J. Bochnik |
| Name | Image | Image Date | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | class="unsortable" | Notes |

## Coal breakers below Academy Street

| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Jameson Harvey Breaker | | 1864 Painting | | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | | Demolished in 1871 after a boiler explosion. | |
| Grand Tunnel - Freeman Thomas's Coal Chute | | | | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built c. 1832 by Freeman Thomas. | Destroyed by fire January 1860. | |
| Grand Tunnel - Mammouth Co.'s Coal Chute | | | | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built in 1860 to replace Freeman Thomas' Grand Tunnel Coal Chute. | | |
| MacFarlane Breaker | | | | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built 1857. | Destroyed by fire in 1865. | |
| Susquehanna Coal Co. No. 3 Breaker | | Photo by E.W. Beckwith c. 1875 | 1884 Map | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built 1872 to replace Jameson Harvey Breaker | Demolished 1932 | Designer: Charles F. Ingram, Engineer, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Builder: James Linskill. Purchased in 1922 by the Grand Tunnel Coal Co. |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Chauncey Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | 1911 | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built Before 1873 | Demolished 1919 | |
| Chauncey Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | | | West Main Street | Built 1919. | Destroyed by Fire January 1923 | Designer: Frank B. Davenport, Engineer. |
| Chauncey Colliery Breaker (Third Building) | | 1926 | | West Main Street | Completed April 1923. | Demolished 1941 | Designer: Paul Sterling, Engineer, Wilkes-Barre, PA Builder: E.E. Reilly, Kingston, PA |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Avondale Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | September 1869 | | West Main Street | | Destroyed by fire September 1869 | |
| Avondale Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built 1870 | | Designer: Henry J. Phillips, Engineer. |
| Avondale Colliery Breaker (Third Building) | | | | West Main Street | Completed November 1905. | Demolished 1935 | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Jersey Colliery Breaker | | | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built before 1873. | Demolished after 1884 | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth Red Ash Coal Co. Breaker | | | | West Main Street East of DeHaven Street | Completed December 1914. | Demolished June 1942. | Leased from John Turner Estate |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Washington Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | 1884 | 1884 Map | Flat Road below West Main Street | Built c. 1854 | Demolished 1890 | Known (by 1873) as J. R. Reynolds Breaker Known (by 1884) as Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. "Reynolds No. 16" |
| Washington Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | Postcard c. 1906 | | Flat Road below West Main Street | Built 1890 | Demolished 1912 | Known as Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. "Reynolds No. 16" |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Nottingham Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | Postcard 1905 Old Breaker (left) New Breaker (right) | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built 1868. Enlarged 1875. | Demolished 1905 | |
| Nottingham Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | Postcard c. 1910 | NA | West Main Street | Built 1903–1905 | Demolished August 1936 | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |

## Coal breakers above Academy Street

| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Parrish Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | 1884 (see item 28 on aerial map) | | West Main Street near Downing Street | Built 1884 | Destroyed by fire 1887 | Builder: Joseph C. Tyrrell. |
| Parrish Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | 1901 | 1896 map 1902 Map | West Main Street near Downing Street | Completed 1887. | Collapsed in Storm 1920 | Builder: J.C. Tyrrell. Foreman: Alexander Scott. |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Dodson Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | Photo c. 1875 Photo August 1877 | 1884 Map | East Main Street opposite Cherry Street | Built 1870 | Destroyed by fire July 1899 | |
| Dodson Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | Postcard c. 1912 | 1902 Map | East Main Street opposite Cherry Street | Built 1900 | Demolished | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Lance Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | Photo c. 1867 1877 Photo | | East Main Street near Chestnut Street | Built c. 1865; Remodeled in 1873. | Demolition begun October 1882. | 1877 Photo shows Lance Breaker in Distance. |
| Lance Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | 1884 Aerial Map 1899 Photo | 1884 Map | East Main Street near Chestnut Street | Built 1882-1883. | Demolished July 1931. | |
| Lance Colliery Breaker (Third Building) | | Postcard c. 1940 | | East Main Street near Chestnut Street | Built 1931 | Demolished (some ancillary buildings remain) | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Gaylord Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | | 1873 Map | Washington Avenue (aka Prospect Avenue) above Cherry Street | Built c. 1872. | Destroyed by fire 1879 | |
| Gaylord Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | 1884 Aerial Map Postcard c. 1906 | 1884 Map | Washington Avenue (aka Prospect Avenue) above Cherry Street | Built 1879 | Demolished 1935 | Builder: A.B. Tyrell. |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Hillside Colliery Breaker | | | | Plymouth "above Welsh Hill." | Completed May 1906 | Demolished after 1917 | Builder: Coats & Haywood. |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H Breaker No. 5 (aka Fuller's Shaft) (First Building) | | 1884 1905 | 1884 Map | Washington Avenue above Carver Street | Built before 1873 | Became a Washery 1899; Destroyed by fire April 1907. | |
| D&H Breaker No. 5 (Loree) (Second Building) | | Postcard c. 1910 | | Shupp's Creek | Built about 1898. | Destroyed by Fire 1919. | |
| D&H Breaker No. 5 (Loree) (Third Building) | | 1919 Photos | | Shupp's Creek | Completed April 1919. | Demolished in 1993. | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H Breaker No. 4 (Swetland Shaft) | | 1884 Aerial Map | 1884 Map | Intersection of Vine Street and State Street | Built 1857. | Abandoned January 1899. Demolished 1901 | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Boston Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | Photo c. 1875 | 1884 Map | East Main Street at Shupp's Creek | Built 1874 or earlier. | Destroyed by fire in 1887 | Photo by E.W. Beckwith |
| Boston Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | 1904 | NA | State Street at Shupp's Creek | Built 1887 | Demolished 1909 | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H No.1 Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | | | East Main Street at Shupp's Creek | | Destroyed by Fire September 1, 1876. | |
| D&H No.1 Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | | 1884 Map | East Main Street at Shupp's Creek | | Demolished | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H No.2 Colliery Breaker | | | 1884 Map | Shupp's Creek | Built 1864. | Demolished 1916. | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H No.3 Colliery Breaker (First Building) | | | 1884 Map | Shupp's Creek | Built before 1873. Unused as of October 1879. | Destroyed by Fire November 15, 1894. | |
| D&H No.3 Colliery Breaker (Second Building) | | | | Shupp's Creek | Built 1893 | Destroyed by Fire 1916. | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Woodward Colliery (First Building) | | 1900 Photo | | Toby's Creek (Edwardsville) | Completed July 1888. | Demolished 1917 | |
| Woodward Colliery (Second Building) | | | | Toby's Creek (Edwardsville) | Built 1917. | Demolished | Foundation: Curtis Construction Co. of New York. |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |